Appearance and Character

Boros is an ugly man with a broad chest and short, bandy legs. He has a flat nose and jowls.[1]Bran Stark considers him bald[2] while Sansa Stark notices brittle grey hair.[1] Boros is sometimes attired in white velvet, with a snowy cloak fastened with a golden lion brooch with tiny ruby eyes.[1]

Boros is arrested and later removed from the Kingsguard by Cersei. This is due to his surrender without a fight to Tyrion Lannister's men when they were escorting Prince Tommen Baratheon to the castle of Rosby. He is replaced by Ser Osmund Kettleblack. Tyrion reflects on the matter:

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Even if Ser Osmund proved an utter craven, he would be no worse than Ser Boros Blount, currently residing in a dungeon at Rosby. Ser Boros had been escorting Tommen and Lord Gyles when Ser Jacelyn Bywater and his gold cloaks had surprised them, and had yielded up his charge with an alacrity that would have enraged old Ser Barristan Selmy as much as it did Cersei; a knight of the Kingsguard was supposed to die in defense of the king and royal family. His sister had insisted Joffrey strip Blount of his white cloak on the grounds of treason and cowardice.[9]

After the death of Joffrey, the Lord Commander of the Kingsguard, Ser Jaime Lannister, makes Boros the official food taster of the new king, Tommen I Baratheon, a shameful post for any knight. Blount is enraged at this and states that Jamie should be the food taster since he has lost his sword hand. Jaime states that if Boros is unhappy he can duel Jaime, causing Blount to leave the room angrily.[4]

Cersei, when she frames Margaery Tyrell for treason, plans on Boros being the only Kingsguard knight available if Margaery asks for trial by combat, as Cersei believes Boros would be no match for any champion named by the Faith of the Seven.[18] When Cersei inquires about Boros's fighting skill she is assured by Osmund that he is an inept fighter.[19]

A Dance with Dragons

Boros remains at the Red Keep. He guards Tommen when Ser Kevan Lannister has dinner with Cersei and the king. Kevan thinks Boros feeble, and that tasting food is possibly the only thing he is good for. At the dinner, Boros appears heavier and in poor health. He has a difficult time standing for the duration of the meal, and has to lean on a wall for support.[20]

The man is craven, and a good thing. Though fat, aging, and never more then ordinary, Ser Boros could still hack him into bloody pieces. But Boros does not know that, and neither must the rest They feared the man I was; the man I am they'd pity.[4]